Fears for ‘BRIT victim’ of Assad’s torturers after IDs including Tesco Clubcard found in ‘human slaughterhouse’
BRITS are feared to have been tortured in Assad’s sick prisons after a Tesco Clubcard and an Oyster travel card were found.
Inside the house of Assad
Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, ruled Syria for more than half a century but how did one family achieve and maintain ...
This Year in War: From West Asia to Russia-Ukraine, how 2024 was marred by conflicts
Geopolitical uncertainties increased in 2024 as tensions escalated in West Asia. Israel was involved in four conflicts in the ...
Deception and betrayal: Inside the final days of the Assad regime
Syrians who remained loyal to him through years of civil war fume that he left without a word. Read more at straitstimes.com.
What now for Syria’s £4.5bn illegal drug empire
As those in the lucrative Captagon network move aside, how will the new leaders stop any criminals waiting in the wings to ...
The fall of Assad is just the beginning: The struggle for Syria has resumed
The country may have exited the Axis of Resistance, but this does not mean that it has automatically crossed to the opposing ...
Fall of Syria’s Assad narrows China’s diplomatic space in the Middle East
There is too much power in the hands of the US and regional actors like Turkey for China to play a key role After Russia and ...
East Aleppo residents recall horrors of Assad regime
Eastern Aleppo was all but obliterated during the Syrian, Russian and Iranian onslaught against the city during the country's ...
How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad
The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and part of a larger global realignment.